About Addy Foundation
The Addy Foundation’s clearest recent pattern is a single $5,000,000 grant to Circuit Trail Conservancy for civic and community engagement in Dallas. That gift fits a broader approach centered on large, targeted awards that shape places and institutions rather than distributing many small grants. Recent giving also includes major support for Princeton University, Kera (north Texas Public Bradcasting Inc), and Trinity Park Conservancy, showing a mix of education, public media, and civic placemaking. The foundation’s recent grants often land in Dallas organizations tied to trails, parks, neighborhood capacity, and local services, with smaller portions reaching major universities and cultural institutions outside Texas. Across the recent grants list, the pattern is consistent: high-dollar support, a limited set of recipients, and a strong emphasis on projects that can affect a city-scale or institution-scale outcome. That makes The Addy Foundation a funder to read as a place-based investor in Dallas civic life, while also maintaining select commitments to higher education and public-serving cultural work.
What Addy Foundation Funds
In civic and community engagement, The Addy Foundation gave $1,000,000 to Trinity Park Conservancy and $500,000 to Fair Park First, both in Dallas. It also backed Dallas Leadership Foundation with $550,000 and Jubilee Park and Community Center with $320,000, indicating support for organizations working in neighborhood-facing civic space. In education, the foundation gave $500,000 to United to Learn and $300,000 to Dallas College Foundation, alongside $258,000 to Dallas Education Foundation and $250,000 to The Commit Partnership. Public media appears as another clear theme: Kera (north Texas Public Bradcasting Inc) received $2,150,000 in 2024. Health-related grants include $300,000 to Parkland Foundation and $250,000 to Metrocare Services.
How Addy Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is large: the 25th percentile is $30,000, the median is $71,508, and the 75th percentile is $140,000. The recent list also shows repeated support for some recipients across multiple years, including Princeton University, Fair Park First, The Commit Partnership, Center for Brainhealth, Community Does It, and Communities Foundation of Texas. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a DAF and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Grants appear to be project-based and targeted, with a small number of large awards concentrated among continuing recipients.